After church my wife and I got 3 rows of snow peas planted, (About 65 – 70 feet) and 6 raspberry plants.
Then about 3:00 P.M. the wind got so bad we had to call it a day. Looks like tomorrow I get the area ready for the grapes, I started to harden them off and I think they will be ready by the end of the week.
The blueberries are still hanging on I hope that they leaf back out we’ll see.
The weather was very nice according to my garden thermometer we got to 60 degrease nice day for the end of March.
As I stated in an earlier post, but failed to mention, I pruned our globe willow and like any willow you can take the branches and put them in water and they will root. After they root you can plant them and they might with some luck and Gods blessings you will have a tree. I have 4 in water now I will be up dating as things happen.
Tell next time
Happy planting
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
The next day
Well we got some snow after the winds died down, however, as shown in the photos it was almost all gone by 4:00 in the after noon.
Now is the dirt dries out some tomorrow I can get the raspberries planted.
I have decided to write a few e books. I am thinking that they will be how to books.
They will be on crafts, how to make inexpensive gifts, recipes and frugal cooking, and gardening, and maybe micro farm or urban homesteading. I am also looking in to doing some videos and posting them on the blog.
Now is the dirt dries out some tomorrow I can get the raspberries planted.
I have decided to write a few e books. I am thinking that they will be how to books.
They will be on crafts, how to make inexpensive gifts, recipes and frugal cooking, and gardening, and maybe micro farm or urban homesteading. I am also looking in to doing some videos and posting them on the blog.
snow in the morning about 9:00
snow about 4:00P.M.
Tell next time
Happy Planting
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Storm Day 3/26/2009
We got snow and wind and more wind. 5 hours after the first snow flake we only have patches of snow on the ground all the snow has been blown to the south.
Yesterday I got the tomatoes transplanted to larger pots and today I got the grow lights put up. I got my raspberries (before the storm started) so I will be able to plant those Saturday or Sunday, and get the rest of the hoop house up.
I think tomorrow I will work on Hypertufa (I will add photos of the Hypertufa also)
Until then stay safe and warm.
Yesterday I got the tomatoes transplanted to larger pots and today I got the grow lights put up. I got my raspberries (before the storm started) so I will be able to plant those Saturday or Sunday, and get the rest of the hoop house up.
I think tomorrow I will work on Hypertufa (I will add photos of the Hypertufa also)
Until then stay safe and warm.
Happy Planting
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Before the big snow snowstorm???
The rhubarb is coming up along with the garlic. It looks like the birds got to the elephant garlic and some of the German hard neck, but I think that I will get a good harvest. The tomatoes that I started last week are now coming up nicely. I pruned the globe willow
And the apple trees today so there should be good growth this summer. Now all I have left to prune is the high breed popular. The blueberries are looking a little rough, they lost all their leaves but the stem is still green and pliable. I hope that we get this storm that the weathermen are telling us we are going to get. We could use the moisture. I have one cold frame planted Friday, I planted beets, kale, and red lettuce.
Now I need to get the other hoop houses up and planted, and build a rack for some grow lights for the seedlings.
And the apple trees today so there should be good growth this summer. Now all I have left to prune is the high breed popular. The blueberries are looking a little rough, they lost all their leaves but the stem is still green and pliable. I hope that we get this storm that the weathermen are telling us we are going to get. We could use the moisture. I have one cold frame planted Friday, I planted beets, kale, and red lettuce.
Now I need to get the other hoop houses up and planted, and build a rack for some grow lights for the seedlings.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Early Planting
Ok now is time to catch up once again.
On the 13th 14th and the 15th I helped the Pueblo Master Gardeners at the Pueblo home and garden show.
Friday the weather wasn’t all that great but Saturday and Sunday was wonder full.
With the help of my wife and son we managed to amend the soil and plant two rows of potatoes and one row of onions.
I planted 5 purple potatoes and the rest was Yukon Gold.
Yesterday I planted the Blueberries, this afternoon they didn’t look so good, we had high winds and high temperatures. According to my garden thermometer we got to 91 degrees today. Just to hot for March.
I planted one potato in straw.
I dug a hole in the dirt filled it with straw and put the potato seed in the straw, and watered.
I’ll see how that goes. (If there will be enough water, etc.)
Now for my little tomato excursion, I ordered 7different types of heirloom tomatoes this year; the sight said a minimum of 25 seeds so I figured maybe 30 or so. Nooooo I got I ended up with a minimum of 50 seeds and some varieties had as many as 75 seeds.
I will end up with somewhere between 500 and 600 plants if all goes well. If I do I may sell some plants or just plant them all and see what happens.
On the 13th 14th and the 15th I helped the Pueblo Master Gardeners at the Pueblo home and garden show.
Friday the weather wasn’t all that great but Saturday and Sunday was wonder full.
With the help of my wife and son we managed to amend the soil and plant two rows of potatoes and one row of onions.
I planted 5 purple potatoes and the rest was Yukon Gold.
Yesterday I planted the Blueberries, this afternoon they didn’t look so good, we had high winds and high temperatures. According to my garden thermometer we got to 91 degrees today. Just to hot for March.
I planted one potato in straw.
I dug a hole in the dirt filled it with straw and put the potato seed in the straw, and watered.
I’ll see how that goes. (If there will be enough water, etc.)
Now for my little tomato excursion, I ordered 7different types of heirloom tomatoes this year; the sight said a minimum of 25 seeds so I figured maybe 30 or so. Nooooo I got I ended up with a minimum of 50 seeds and some varieties had as many as 75 seeds.
I will end up with somewhere between 500 and 600 plants if all goes well. If I do I may sell some plants or just plant them all and see what happens.
Happy Planting
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Putting in the Boxes for Blueberries
March 12, 2009
Ok I am going to do something that should not be done in the desert plains and that is to plant blueberries. (and raspberries but that is for another time)
I will be planting two bushes a Jersey and a Blueray you need to plant two different verities for them to pollinate.
The reason I should not be planting blueberries is that blueberries need a high acid soil (and we have a high alkaline soil) and blueberries need a lot of water. (Need I comment?)
So here is what I have done, I took two boxes 2’ x 4’ burred the boxes 1’ deep. There is no bottom on the boxes. In one I added some crystals that hold water, in the other I didn’t add any. In both boxes I added ½ bag of peat moss, one bag of manure, a shovel of worm casting and topped it off with 2" of wood chips.
By leaving 12" of the box above ground I hope that it will keep some of the wind off the soil and slow evaporation. We’ll see if it works.
If the weather holds out this weekend I will be planting:
Onion
Brussels sprouts
Lettuce
Mustard
Potato
Beets
and Pees
I plan on planting two verities of potatoes a purple and Yukon gold
Ok I am going to do something that should not be done in the desert plains and that is to plant blueberries. (and raspberries but that is for another time)
I will be planting two bushes a Jersey and a Blueray you need to plant two different verities for them to pollinate.
The reason I should not be planting blueberries is that blueberries need a high acid soil (and we have a high alkaline soil) and blueberries need a lot of water. (Need I comment?)
So here is what I have done, I took two boxes 2’ x 4’ burred the boxes 1’ deep. There is no bottom on the boxes. In one I added some crystals that hold water, in the other I didn’t add any. In both boxes I added ½ bag of peat moss, one bag of manure, a shovel of worm casting and topped it off with 2" of wood chips.
By leaving 12" of the box above ground I hope that it will keep some of the wind off the soil and slow evaporation. We’ll see if it works.
If the weather holds out this weekend I will be planting:
Onion
Brussels sprouts
Lettuce
Mustard
Potato
Beets
and Pees
I plan on planting two verities of potatoes a purple and Yukon gold
I am also going to plant in straw bales
And I’ve added a photo of the herb area
Happy planting
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